Late Tang

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Linyi City was already full of shouts of killing. In this chaotic dark night, communication was extremely inconvenient.

Wang Xianzhi is very angry now, very angry.His army camp in the north of the city had just been attacked. There were not many incoming soldiers and horses, but they were extremely vicious. They killed them without warning, arrows rained continuously, and torches flew across.Under the sudden attack, the first thought in Wang Xianzhi's mind was that Huang Chao had attacked him.

Thinking about when he arrived at Linyi City during the day, not only did Huang Chao not come to greet him, he didn't even send a single important general, but only sent a general from the town [***], which made him sick for a long time.Now, the sudden attack made him more confirmed that Huang Chao was going to kill him.

Except for Huang Chao, there will never be another person who wants to kill someone.The officers and soldiers also want his life, but there are no officers and soldiers within a hundred miles around.As for Wang Jingwu, they had no grievances in the past and no enmity in the near future, and he would never come to deal with him.Only Huang Chao had to deal with him.

Although Wang Xianzhi had faced repeated defeats and battles against the government and army, but he was also a big salt dealer in the Central Plains at the beginning, and he led his brothers to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.Upon receiving the news of the attack, Wang Xianzhi immediately roared and ordered his brothers to be summoned to kill Huang Chao at the south gate.

Since the two sides can no longer coexist, then either you die or I die!As early as the time when salt was smuggled into the underworld, Wang Xianzhi had experienced several such conflicts, and he was no stranger to them.

As soon as Wang Xianzhi issued the order, the more than [-] elite troops of his troops immediately went straight to Nancheng.

In the beginning, there was only chaos in the North City, but soon the chaos spread to the entire Linyi City.At the beginning, Wang Xianzhi's troops went straight to the south city, but after they got there, they fought in a melee, killing anyone they saw, and even Wang Jingwu's troops stationed in the east city were also involved.

In the melee, everyone tried to protect themselves.

When Huang Chao heard that there was chaos in the North City, he thought it was the mutiny of Wang Xianzhi's troops. Then when he received Wang Xianzhi leading Qingqi to the South City, he shattered the sandalwood table with his sword. Thunder roared, "Despicable, shameless!" Obviously, Huang Chao believed that Wang Xianzhi had launched a mutiny and wanted to annex himself and seize control of the Cao army.Originally, Huang Chao didn't want to deal with Wang Xianzhi immediately. After all, he hadn't escaped from the encirclement of soldiers and horses in the Twelve Towns of the imperial court. At this time, fire would have a huge impact on the morale of the army.No matter how incompetent and cowardly Wang Xianzhi is, he is still the nominal commander of the Cao Army.They still need this flag and the title of Wang Xianzhi.But now, Wang Xianzhi dared to act first at such a time, Huang Chao would naturally not back down and tolerate it.

Huang Chao immediately sent messengers to each camp to send orders, asking them to immediately gather troops and horses to quell the mutiny.

After Wang Jingwu discovered the turmoil in the city, he wanted to remain neutral at first, but soon, Wang Jingwu received news that his barracks had also been attacked, causing heavy casualties.Now Wang Jingwu was furious, and he couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the internal strife among the thieves was not fake, and it was true that they wanted to take the opportunity to annex their own troops?

Can't wait for him to think more, the attack on Qizhou barracks in Dongcheng is getting more and more fierce, and Qizhou soldiers have already launched a counterattack.

The entire Linyi City has become a Shura hell, with melee everywhere, Wang Xianzhi's troops fought against Huangchao's troops, Qizhou soldiers fought against Cao's troops, Cao's troops fought against Qizhou's soldiers, and in the end they almost killed everyone they saw, creating a chaotic mess.

Duan Shan took five hundred brothers from the Special War Battalion and Song Xi's first battalion of five hundred Pingluya soldiers into Linyi through the hidden tunnel.Duan Shan's troops were the first to enter the city. They entered Beicheng through the northern tunnel, and as soon as they entered the city, they rushed into Wang Xianzhi's barracks in Beicheng with lightning speed.The two armies fought, but they only fought for a moment, something happened that surprised Duan Shan, Wang Xianzhi quickly came to his senses, thousands of cavalry rushed out of the camp, they were not directed at them, but roared However, I went to the south city to kill.

At first, Duan Shan thought they were going to join Huang Chao, and he didn't pursue them at the moment, but continued to clean up the North City, preparing to receive troops from outside the city to enter the city.Unexpectedly, a short while later, Nancheng also broke out. After a while, Song Xi led a battalion of troops and ran to Beicheng. When they met, they brought him an extremely shocking news.

"Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao fought, and it was a chaotic battle!" Song Xi smiled and tears were about to flow down.

At this time, Duan Shan finally understood, it turned out that Wang Xianzhi mistook them for Huang Chao's men and horses just now.

The two laughed loudly, Duan Shan said excitedly: "This is an excellent opportunity, let's not rush to lead the army into the city, let's add fire to the three thieves Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, and Wang Jingwu, so that they will be more chaotic. The messier the better."

Song Xi also immediately agreed, and the two of them immediately led their respective headquarters and headed straight to Wang Jingwu's camp in Dongcheng.After some attacks, sure enough, Wang Jingwu's troops were also quickly involved in the chaos.

Duan Shan and Song Xi each led their headquarters and began to set fire to everywhere in the city, killing everywhere. Anyway, the three troops in the city are all bandits.

The chaotic battle of a thousand officers and soldiers intensified the flames of war in Linyi City.Although Huang Chao also gradually felt that the battle was a bit inexplicable, he sent people to the gates of Linyi several times, and the rewards he got were that the gates of the cities were safe and sound, and no trace of the officers and soldiers was found outside the city.

If there were no officers and soldiers entering the city, even if there were some internal agents of the officers and soldiers lurking in the city, it would never be possible to cause such a big chaos.And what's more important is that when things have reached this point, if you don't kill people now, you will be killed.He and Wang Xianzhi had completely broken up, and even his relationship with Wang Jingwu might not be clear.The most important thing right now is not to find out the cause of the chaotic war, but to save it in this chaotic war first.

The chaotic battle in the entire Linyi City was already like a howling in the dark night. Even if Huang Chao, Wang Jingwu, Wang Xianzhi and others found that something was wrong, they were helpless.This kind of chaotic battle in the dark has completely turned into a battalion roar, not to mention that there are three troops in the city, and most of them are recruits.Even if the soldiers and horses in the city are all elite officers and soldiers, once such chaos occurs, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes, he will be powerless to recover.

Now the three can only drift with the tide, hoping that the chaos will stop sooner.

At this time, in Linyi City, either you die or I die. Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, and Wang Jingwu all began to gather their subordinates with all their strength, trying to defeat the opponent's soldiers and horses, and then gather their subordinates.

"Marshal, up to now, it's like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. For the moment, only force can quell the chaos. Some people feel that although this is a crisis, it is also an opportunity. Take this opportunity to get rid of Wang Jingwu in one fell swoop. With Wang Xianzhi, we have the same order, under the order of the commander in chief, we can wait for the grass army to have a chance." Seeing the chaos in front of him, Huang Chao's counselor, Zhao Zhang, couldn't care less about running without shoes just now. On, immediately suggested to Huang Chao.

Another counselor, Gai Hong, also agreed, "Commander, although there are many strange things about tonight's incident, the knife has been placed on the neck, so I don't care about it. No matter what the reason is, after tonight's chaotic battle, Can the commander-in-chief still hope to live with the two kings?"

Huang Chao's face was dark, and after pondering for a while, he finally gave an order: "Wang Xianzhi colluded with Wang Jingwu, and he couldn't tolerate me waiting. If he is ruthless, then don't blame me for being ungrateful. Pass the order down, see Wang Xianzhi and Wang Jingwu kill without mercy, and the two thieves will surrender to save them from death." , Resistors will also be killed without mercy." After speaking, Huang Chao paused again, "Call the city gate guards to fight and wipe out the two thieves together!"

With this military order, there was still a chaotic war before, but now the situation has changed.Wang Xianzhi's and Wang Jingwu's troops were chaotically rushing to kill, and the elite gathered behind Huang Chao's department suddenly rushed over without saying a word. The soldiers and horses of the two kings who fought in the melee immediately fell down in pieces.

Huang Chao's nephew led a thousand light cavalry to charge out fiercely with their swords raised, and the iron hooves stepped over. The rebellious army on the street immediately collapsed, and Lin Yan charged all the way.

Duan Shan and Song Xi also noticed the escalation of the melee in the city at this time. Seeing that Huang Chao, Wang Xianzhi, and Wang Jingwu had already started to take out the most elite cavalry to fight, they already understood that the three thieves were completely divided and infighting .Seeing that the soldiers from the three parties quickly changed from the initial three-party chaos to Huang Chao rushing to kill Wang Jingwu and Wang Xianzhi, and when the troops from the three parties gradually gathered under the banners of the three parties like a snowball, Duan Shan and Song Xi were very smart. With two battalions of 1000 troops, they retreated to the city gate and took shelter temporarily.

Since the thieves were fighting among themselves, of course they had to wait for them to have a good fight first, then open the city gates to lead the army into the city, and finally wipe out the thieves.

On the dimly lit and desolate street, the three brothers Zhu and Wen were bathed in blood and killed all the way. Bi Shiduo fled under the guard of fifty elite servants, and Zhu Wen followed closely behind.

Bi Shiduo shouted as he fled: "Brothers, they are all Cao Jun brothers, one of our own!"

Zhu Wen's eyes were cold, and he just rode his horse in pursuit.

Two miles outside Linyi City, Song Wei was wearing a bloody red cloak, leaning on a sword in his hand, staring at the burning flames in Linyi City, the sound of killing was deafening.

The sound of shouting and killing has lasted for more than an hour, and it is now the last dark moment before dawn.

"Marshal, the gate of the city has been opened, and the signal to enter the city has been raised!" Cui Yunqing excitedly shouted at Song Wei.

Five lanterns are shaking on the gate tower, which is a signal to enter the city.There was a smile on Song Wei's face, and he chuckled softly: "It seems that the thieves are almost fighting among themselves. The commander-in-chief's order, Han Zhong and Liu Jian, each led [-] people to enter from the east and west gates. Wen, Cui Decheng and other generals followed my commander into the city from the north gate, Xu Cheng led [-] soldiers and horses to ambush ten miles outside the south city to intercept the deserters, this battle, you lords, work hard, and we must win it in one battle."

Following Song Wei's order, the [-] Pinglu army rushed out immediately, heading straight for Linyi City! (To be continued.)